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Thursday, February 02, 2017

Self Help Radio 020117: Apples

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(Original image here .) "Who would know there were so many apple songs? Wow!" - commentary on the show on Twitter. It's...
Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Whither Apples?

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(This image from here .) Why a radio show about apples? Could it be because there have been so few episodes of Self Help Radio about ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Preface To Apples: Only In Pies

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Confession time: I haven't eaten an apple in ages.  I don't know why that is.  Just no apples in the house - except - uh oh - in app...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Know Your Apples

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The show this week is about apples, so here's something to study before the show: (I found that here .)
Sunday, January 29, 2017

A Day Of Peril In A Time Of Peril

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I very much sympathized with this tweet today from Morgan Murphy: Before I comment, though, I have to wonder out loud - do you have to b...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Self Help Radio 012517: Dust

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(Original image here .) What do asbestosis, silicosis, coal pneumoconiosis, beryllium disease, hard metal disease, siderosis, stannosis...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Whither Dust?

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(This image from there .) When was the last time the Self Help Radio studios were cleaned?  It's filthy in here!  Seriously, there...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Preface To Dust: Dust Idioms

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There are so many interviews on my show this week that I won't get to do one of my favorite things I do on the show, which is talk about...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Strep!

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My wife recently had the strep throat.  (Is "strep throat" supposed to have the article before it?  It sounds more rural to put th...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Please No More 1981 Stories

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But wait, I have one last one.  I remembered this while talking to my wife on the dog walk today.  She was probably not listening, as she is...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Self Help Radio 011817: 1981

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(Original image here .) People love lists.  People spend all day on the internet looking at lists.  When I was a kid, I read all three ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Whither 1981?

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(Image from here .) When Self Help Radio began, I thought of each show being a unique theme, nothing revisited, nothing repeated.  But ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Preface To 1981: Middle School Life Crisis

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This week's show features music from 1981.  If you don't already know why, I'll tell you tomorrow. In 1981, I was 13.  It was ...
Monday, January 16, 2017

When I Was Thirteen

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On January 20, 1981, I turned thirteen (13) years old.  That seems like such a terrifying thing, but I don't know that I perceived it as...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Writing In My Sleep

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I had a dream last night in which, when you received a letter from someone, you wrote back to them starting on the empty space at the end of...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Self Help Radio 011117: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen

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(Original image here .) There's a famous story I'm going to screw up.  Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen are sharing a cab or a l...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Whither A Tribute To Leonard Cohen?

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(This image found there .) If it hasn't been made perfectly clear by what I wrote after I found out about his death , Leonard Cohen...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Preface To A Tribute To Leonard Cohen: Another Poet Entirely

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Because of Leonard Cohen, I found my way to Federico García Lorca.  Leonard Cohen has a song on I'm Your Man  called "Take This Wal...
Monday, January 09, 2017

NextDoor

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Do you know about this?   nextdoor.com ?  It's an invitation-only (they send invitations through the snailmails with activation codes on...